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The MFA Bowl at the town's Bermuda Retail Park was sealed off after a man reportedly entered the building with a shotgun.

The area was on lockdown as armed police converged for four hours outside the bowling alley before using stun devices to free the hostages.

A man was today in custody.

Julia Hartley-Brewer.

Hartley-Brewer tweeted: “I reckon that if I found myself in a bowling alley in Nuneaton on a Sunday night, I’d probably take hostages too. #justsaying”.

A councillor in Hillingdon, London, replied: “Really not funny. Lots of very traumatised children and families who will have found it a scary experience.”

But she replied: “I feel the same way about bowling alleys in Hillingdon.”

Armed police at Bermuda Park, Nuneaton

Ms Hartley-Brewer is a regular on TV shows such as Question Time, and now presents the weekday morning radio show on talkRADIO between 10am and 1pm.

People on Twitter described her tweet as “disgusting” and “shameful”.

Warwickshire Police Chief Supt Alex Franklin-Smith said: “We would like to thank local people for their patience and cooperation while officers dealt with this incident.

“We are pleased that we were able to bring this incident to a peaceful resolution and that there were no injuries. I would like to reassure the Nuneaton community that the incident is unconnected to any terrorist activity.”